Faces of nationalism: Janus revisited

The author argues that nation-building movements from 1750 to 1990 have saved the world from imperial barbarism and that the chaos feared by so many observers is neither endless nor one-sidedly destructive. He argues that the ethnic definition of national is giving way to the civic, the 'natura...

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1. Verfasser: Nairn, Tom 1932-2023 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London [u.a.] Verso 1997
Ausgabe:1. publ.
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Zusammenfassung:The author argues that nation-building movements from 1750 to 1990 have saved the world from imperial barbarism and that the chaos feared by so many observers is neither endless nor one-sidedly destructive. He argues that the ethnic definition of national is giving way to the civic, the 'natural' to the designed, by discussing Ireland, Palestine, Bosnia, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Cambodia, Rwanda, South Africa and Scotland.
Beschreibung:X, 246 S.
ISBN:1859841945
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